It can be safely assumed that while Al Pacino definitely became the backbone of Francis Coppola’s The Godfather, it’s Marlon Brando who’s remained the face ever since. Despite all his ranting against the hypocritical glitz and glam of the Hollywood life, he couldn’t help the fact that where he went, the spotlight followed.

The actor, who is famously remembered for his roles in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Julius Caesar (1953) and On the Waterfront (1954), had quite the colourful past before he became ‘Hollywood’s bad boy’. Born into a middle-class family in Nebraska, Brando was enrolled in an Illinois-based military school by his father, from where he deliberately tried to get expelled. The terse period following his expulsion saw a young Brando taking on the occasional odd job, until his father gave in to his unspoken plea and offered to pay for his education.